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Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1887-02-25
Ananias Again.

That the JOURNAL Is not alone in its
structures Of the sensational correspon.
dents who have spread broadcast the
damaging reports Of stock losses and
other highly drawn emanstions will
be seen from the following article
taken from the Helena Independent.
A correspondent writes US from St.
Louis, enclosing long Montana letter
from Sl. Louis paper, giving u most
doleful account OF the weather In this
territory. It's Q mosaic Of items picked
from the territorial papers during the
past few weeks, describing deaths,
property losses and meteorological
phenomena that are calculated TO give
An unIavorable impression Of Mvnta-
az q place TO live and place TO invest.
The letter 10 dated III Fort keogh and
was undoubtedly complied by q gem
tleman who wears Uncle SANS livery
ut that post and who is known among
territorial Journalistic for the facility
with which he wlelds the scissors
among their productions and the
fecundity OF his communications TO
eastern papers. There can be no reas-
enable objection 10 the gentleman
being newspaper correspondent as
well rs lieutenant In the army aud
wearer Of many well earned meuals as
crack shot at targets. But it is hard
ly fair for him TO gather into one long
letter q list OF the worst phases OF q
bad winter In the territory, and for
ward the dismal record, without one
redeeming feature. to be published
widespread In the east. We do not
know that there is word that is un-
true IN tre whole article. MANY OF the
episodes related were ulled from the
Indepe ndent, and we believe each Of
them TO be true. The Independent,
anxious to publish news, has sup.
pressed nothing Of the worst pbases Of
the winters work. The majority OF
its many readers are people Of Mon.
tapa, who want 10 hear the worst and
are willing 10 take the bitter with ths
sweet. We have had the hardest
winter known in the territory In over
twenty years. There are heavy losses
among cattle; some Indians have died; |;
men exposed 70 the blizzards have
frozen to death; stage drivers have
suffered; trains have been blockaded;
In some localities provisions have been
high because Of the difiiculty Of travel
ing. but we would consider ourselves
traitorous TO Montana " for any
paltry pepny-a-line We compiled
the sad episodes growing out OF
these general features and rent
them away for publication in any
region where Montana desires . good
reputation; unless We also said that
the Territory Ia rich and able 10 stand
the Losses; that the Mtalilies were sad
enough 10 eli truth, but not greater
than might be expected In . sparsely
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1887-02-25
THE NEW PARTY.
First Convention Of the Industrial Labo
Party at Cincinnati.

First Convention Of the Industrial Labor
Party at Cincinnati.
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Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1887-02-25

settled mountain country; that our
stock men have made lots Of money
aud can stand a set back; that our
mines were never In such prosperous
condition; that the railroad era of the
territory has only fairly begun; that
our Indian reservations are being
opened to add to the area OF the terri.
tory; that Montana is on the eve OF
the biggest boom she has ever enjoyed.
We wish to assure our st. Louis CORE
spondent that Montana Ia all right
and 10 good shape. and If she has tue
reputation Of being more unfortunate
than her neighbors, 1t is only because
she has too many ambitious men who
are anxious 10 shine a. newspaper
writers.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1887-02-25
A SYNDICATE SINGH.
The Great scheme Of Perus knglisl
Creditors.

Washington Special: Ex-MsyoI
Grace, Of New York. who has been
here several days, has been taking
quite freely about his business inter
esis in Peru. Mr.. Grace gives an no.
count of q stupendous financial trans
action 10 which he In interested. Mr..
Grace's story IL that Peru. in the years
between 1865 and 1871, when her credit
was good, borrowed from English
capitalists an amount OF money which
with accrued interest now amounts 10
$40, ,OO0, 600. Then came the war with
Chill in which her credit was ruined.
Her principal resources were coDfis.
Gated by the Gillian government,
The English bond holders last year
formed syndicate and gaves power
Of attorney to his brother, NJ. p.
Grace, authorizing him to enter into
an agreement with the Peruvian gov
erDnIent amounting TO son, 900, 600 u
be wiped out. The syndicate offered
to cancel the entire liability Of Peru TO
paympnt Of the bonds reserving 70
themselves, however the claim for one
half Of the debt against Chill, which II
IL claimed IL liable for IL, on account
of the extensive guano beds. timber
lands and other valuable Peruvian
territory that she annexed at time OF
the war between the two nations In
1881. Chill, however, has never nc.
kno wledged this claim.
What was the consideration for
capcelling the debt ?"
.The Engllsh syndicate," replied
Mr.. Grace, demanded all the guano
fields not In the possession Of Chilli,
and such n may hereafter be discov.
cred. The government was TO trans
fer to the syndicate the entire railway
systeT OF the country, which at pree.
ent belongs 10 the government, and
the syndicate, on Its part, In addition
10 wiping out the debt, agrees to spend
$50, 0O0, 900 In developing and expand
ing the railroad system of the COZ n try
Peru also granite the syndicate an i'm
mense territory OF very fertile land In
the interior. Ny brother has been In
Peru since last August and has suo
ceeded In adjusting q contract with
the government. He has not beer
able 10 make an agreement CORE
spending ia all details with his powel
Of attorney and II will have TO be ssnl
70 London and confirmed. BY 10
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1887-02-25

terms Peru will be absolutely free
from debt, whether the bond holders
succeed In collecting the 500, 1000, 900
which they hold Chill accountable for
or not.n
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1887-02-25
POISONING PUPS.
Representative Johnson's Pro-
posed Law Prohibiting this
Pernic:ous Practice
And Furnishing Any Party Guilty
OF the Act-For the Cooke
City Wagon Road
A memorial is Passed Asking
Congress to Donate a Sum
of $roo, 900.
MONTANA LEGIsLATURE.
Fifteenth Session.
THURSDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
Special Telegram 10 the YKLLowsroNR JOURNAL.
MONTANA LEGISLATURE.
Fifteenth Session.


THURSDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
Special Telegram 10 the YELLOWSTONE JOURNAL.
COUNCIL.
HELENA, Feb. A.-There being no
quorum yesterday nothing was done.
Notices Of bills were given, by Hund.
ley, relating to the fees and expenses
Of witnesses and jurors; by Richards,
creating q board of health which shall
pass upon the qualifications Of physi-
clans, also securing to insane patients
their postal rights.
Bills passed: House joint memorial
No, 7, appropriating 500, 900 for the
Cooke City wagon road; council bill
No. I. giving district courts authority
to change the names Of persons and
places; council bill No. 80, relating to
the adoption Of children.
Adjourned.
HOUSE.
Notices Of bills were given. by Mar
shall, fixing the compensation Of sber-
ifs for dieting prisoners.
Bills introduced: House bill No. so.
by Hoffman. regulating the sale Of
poisonous drugs; house bill No. 81, by
Holt, prevents the rum ing at large Of
diseased animals on the public range;
house bill No. SO, by Johnson. pun.
ishes and prohibits the poisoning Of
dogs and other domestic animals and
defines the punishments; house bill
No. SO, by Mutb, concerning savings
banks, trust, deposit and security as
sociatioDs.
Bills passed: House bill No. Al, per-
mits the extension OF cbsttel mort.
cages without renewing; house bill
No. II makes obtaining any goods
under false pretense larceny.
Bills lost: House bill No. 40, regulat'
ing appeals from orders granting new
trials in the district court; house bill
No. 50, sbolishing the arsenal keeper
Adjourned.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1887-02-25
CHURCHES.
SOCIETIES.

A. o. H.-Division No | meets brst a I'd second
sundays Of each month.
X. Of n. .-Me-ts fret and third Wednesdays n,
7:s0p. m, Ai Odd Fellows Hall.
AE&A. M,-yeiiowstone Lodge, No. 2, ~
aud tAird Wednesdays.
and fourth ssturdsys.
X. T-DAmAscus Commandery, second and
fourth Thursdays.
/. U. y. F.-Custer Lodge. No. l3, every
Monday ~ their hall.
l. 90. F-ssniinal Encsmpment. No. 6. hrs,
and third Friday.
K. Of P.-Crusader Lodge, No. Z, Thursday
evenings 1t Odd Fellows Hall.
c. K. Of A-Miles City Branch, every sunday at
X. Of L.-firs, and third Fridays.
@. A. R.-U. s. Grant Post, No II, nrst and
bird Tuesdays.
= o4G T.--stH Of the West, No, "a, every
TbsndA1 evening.
The clarion., 1887-07-20
Human Muscles.

''Did it ever occur to yOu," said a
well-known local pianist, who spends
considerable time in thought, THAT
human muscles have memory of their
own, and that they perform their func-
tons without special orders from the
mind at times?"
''Well, yes replied the writer, as he
sat down at the piano and unconscious
ly began exercising his muscles on the
keys. Il don't suppose Hungarian
working in de itch gives his arms
special orders how to manipulate a
spade when he cuts out lump of terra
firma"
That's very primitive illustration, !"
resumed the other, at the same time
ting the key in his pocket, "and if you
had trained your mind to pick out ex-
amples supporting arguments in dis
cussion you would have dropped upon a
much better one. For / assume that
you are capable of understanding that
when you follow your calling you would
make dismal failure if you had to in
terrupt the working of your mind each
moment to tell your fingers how to make
a letter. You must be aware of the fact
that all you have to do in writing an
article is to allow your thoughts full
scope, and your fingers will put down
the words, spelling and all correct,
without instructions from the brain.
When the human muscles perform
their functions Independently of the
mind" he continued after pause,
scientists call the action instinct. ;
Whether that is proper or not, l can't
say, but it gives us reason to believe
that man has more than one advantage
above animals. Philosophers hold that
the only advantage is the reasoning
power, but here we see faculty of 'ac-
quiring instinct which no animal pos
sesses.
''But even writing is not an illustra-
ton of the highest order in application
to this subject. Not only myself, but
every musician, can tell you that in me-
morizing pieces the fingers do it all. 1t
would be very difficult feat to remem-
ber all the notes in piece of music. and
some musical people rely SO certainly
on their fingers for the mechanical part
of their playing that when they happen
to think of the music in the midst of a
performance they become nervous and,
the chances are, break down. l will go
still further than that. 1 learned diff
icult piece of music eight years ago,
lost the music, and did not see piece
for two years. l then resumed playing,
but had forgotten all about the piece,
when one evening, while was amusing
myself at the piano in the dark, my fin
gers happened to strike the chord of
that piece. Then they started in, and
while was thinking of the scenes sur
rounding the spot where had learned
.na' a piece tney playea dd IT. expression ts ana
of this room, blindfold my eyes, carry
on conversation with you on any sub
ject, and guarantee that my fingers will
play that piece with all the expression
implied in its tones. This seems re-
markable fact, but there are few good
musicians who will not agree to do the
same. ."-Rttsburg Telegraph.
The clarion., 1887-07-20
"a MASHER..
How Broadway Sample OF the Article
Got Served by an Irate Husband.

The New York masher is growing
more numerous, more insulting, and
more generally inexcusable than ever
he was before. And there is no press
ing need of that. either. l have been
in good many cities of the world dur
ing NV somewhat scattered career, and
have seen the masher in every cline
and every shape, from the naughty
young buck of the Red Cloud Indian
Agency to the dandiied little chap who
parades the boulevards of Paris in tight
clothes and high-heeled patent leather
pumps. But of all them. the meanest,
the most despicable, and the lowest
clown is the one who saunters up and
down Broadway. His name is legion,
and his occupation runs from profeS-
sional dude to coachman. He Is not
satisfied with staring insolently at every
woman he meets, but he must talk at
her as well. Sometimes he will follow
her for blocks, now passing by, now
dropping back, and all the time press
ing his attentions forward most imperti-
nently. One of these precious objects
is just now keeping himself very scarce.
and he viii probably be wise enough to
go on in that pursuit for some time to
come. The other afternoon he started
in to follow very attractive girl, who
is the wife of a newspaper writer know.
The fellow actually had the imperti-
nence to keep close behind his intended
victim clear to the door of her hus-
bands office. When she came out she
met him and he spoke to her. She was
angry and she wanted revenge. So she
led him right back through the outer
office and into the inner room where
her husband was debating to his steno-
grapher.
This" she said, lis masher. He
has been tagging me about for an
hour"
The newspaper-man jumped for the
stranger, who ran for dear life. On
the stairs there was tussle, sound
like the smashing of human jaw, a
howl, and the hasty retreat of Mr..
Masher, who fled down the street at the
top of his speed. The husband went
| back to the Office, got his coat and stick
and started out to scour the town for
the masher. To-day he found his man,
and fetched him a crack across the
nose which, in all probability, broke
that useful member. The masher begged
for mercy, and the angry journalist
said to him: Every time l see you, no
matter where it is, l am going to lick
you within an inch of your life" Then
| he administered to the masher kick
where it would do the most good, and
sent him scuttling down the street
covered with blood and half frantic
with pain fore and aft 1t seems to me
that ladies ought to profit by this ex-
ample. 1t is partly their own fault that
| they are so often insulted. Not that
they court such things, but they so dis
like being mixed up in any sort of a
row that creatures who are guilty of
such conduct almost invariably get off
scot free, and are encouraged to try il
again. There is no husband or brother
in the land who would not heartily en-
Joy all chances of thrashing one OF
these fellows every time he could get a
chance. And if the chances came often
er there would be a good deal less in
convenience to ladies.-Neso York Let
ter to Boston Herald.
The clarion., 1887-07-20
Strange Funeral Rites.

When Burmese priest of any note
dies, he is embalmed and kept for a
year, and then burnt with much rejoic-
ing and festivity. All the inhabitants
of the neighboring villages, and even
of those far distant turn out Many
dummy coffins are made, beside the one
containing the defunct. The procession
starts from the place where the body
has been lying in state toward the
place of cremation, which is always at a
place some distance of, accompanied by
q vast concourse of men, women and
children, all dressed in their Sunday
best, preceded by noisy band of wind
instruments. On approaching the fun.
eral pyre, which has already been pre-
pared, the crowd forms into two par
ties. ropes are attached to the bier-a
wheeled vehicle containing the coffin
front and rear, and struggle takes
place, which much resembles the game
known as French and English. Some
times the coffin is upset, and its ghastly
burden thrown out, but generally the
struggle is mere sham, the party be-
hind give way, and the bier is run in
amid deafening yells. The coffin is
placed over the pyre, which is mass of
dry faggots, in the center of which is
concealed some gunpowder; to this
numerous ropes are attached and
stretched to spot beyond the rough
palings which surround the place Of
cremation; to these ropes again are at
tached rockets, which are lighted and
propelled toward the pyre and he or
she, who first succeeds in setting it
ahght, is looked upon as one destined to
. happy life These funeral pyres are
very tastefully built and erected; they
consist Of inAammable materials, but
are as gorgeous as dnsel and bright
colors can make Them They are yerv
prettily grouped, and often cost many
thousands of rupeesL The hubbub and
noise are deafening and the dust fear
full Stalls are erected, and brisk trade
carried on. Every body is happy and
merry. and decked out with ali the or
naments they possess, and in their finest
apparel After some hours jollification.
In which women and children freeIv
mix and join, the whole Of the sruct-
ures 80 carefully and tastefully erected
are burned down, and the crowd poes
III way rejoicing. The fellow ssphoon-
gies" Of the defnnct collect the sshes a.
their dead brother, and deposit them n
m urn. which again, Il the deceased
has been = high priest, Is inclueed eitherl
in . pagoda or IN the bosom Of one ~
the immense images Of Guadama.
which surround most sacred shrfuea-
The clarion., 1887-07-20

OF Joy dashing 70 the white beach. Con-
querors marching from gate to gate. You
among them
Oh, what great flock Of sheep God wiz
gather around the celestial WELT No stone
on the wells mouth while the Shepherd
waters the sheep There Jacob viii recog-
niZe Rachel the shepherdess. And stand
ing on one side of the well of eternal rap
ture, your children; and standing on the
other side of eternal rapture, your Chris
tian ancestry, you viii be bounded on
all sides by a joy so keen and grand that
no other world has ever been permitted
to experience it. Out of that one deep
well of heaven the shepherd VIII dip re-
union for the bereaved, wealth for the
poor, health for the sick, rest for the
weary. And then all the flock of the
Lords sheep Will lie down in the green
pastures, and world without end will
praise the Lord that on this summer Sab
bath morning we were permitted to study
the story Of Jacob and Rachel the shep-
herdess at the well in Mesopotamia.
The clarion., 1887-07-20
The North Carolina Chatauouas.

How many know whence comes the
name Chatauqua and where the first Cha
tauquas had their habitationf Should the
question be asked, three-fourths of our
assembly would answer-from a place in
New York named from tribe of Indians.
Yet it owes its origin to our Old North
State-so great in beginnings of many
things. Chatauqua was the Indian name
of New Berne. To New Berne belongs
the honor of having given its name to our
great teachers meeting. There the first
Chatauquas-copper colored, black haired
savages, roamed and fished, much after
the fashion of their modern namesakes
There De Graffenreid visited the king of
the country and bought the land on which
New Berne stands from Taylor, the king
of the Chatauquas. He describes them as
a kindly race, who treated him to 'fcider
and dumplins." That was, however, be-
fore he was taken prisoner and nearly
killed by another portion of this great
Tuscarora tribe The after history of this
tribe is well known. One of the Six Ma
tions, it rejoined the other five tribes in
New York, taking with it the name of it's
Carolina home, the Chatauqua Raleigh
News
The clarion., 1887-07-20
we'll Preserved PhiIadelphians.

The Philadelphia Ledger's recapitula-
ton of its local obituary columns for the
last six months savors of the Old Testa-
ment chapters. It shows that longevity,
so to speak, is not dying out in the big
town by the Delaware. The mortuary
announcements of persons who had lived
to OF beyoud the advanced age of eighty
years numbered 466, of whom 1S1 were
men and 285 were women. A similar
record for the first six months of 1886
contains a total of 44S. The demise OF
four male and four female centenarians is
recorded thus far this year. One of these
reached the age of 104 and another 105
How many well preserved Philadelphians
there may be who are buoyantly scaling
their twelfth or thirteenth decade does not
appear. But it is comforting to think
that the old gentleman who heard the
historic peal of the Liberty Bell is still
numerously among us. The statistics
likewise low that the Ledger has &
clientele old enough to know a good
thing when they see it.--N. Y. World.
The clarion., 1887-07-20
A NEW TEXTILE PLANT. "a
The Herb from which afexicans Max
Pulaue to Be More Useful.


Pulque to Be More Useful.
Mr.. ID. p. Burden, Of Sanford, began
two years ago to experiment with the
growth of an indigenous plant he dis
covered in the vicinity of Sanford, ma
guey, and a species like il, but of some
what finer fiber, which he calls by an
other Mexican name, agaye. OF this
plant the beverage pulque is distilled
Mr. Burden came the other day to
Jacksonville TO enlist our leading citizens
and capitalists in the new industry, and
has met with so much encouragement that
he viii remain over for two or three days.
He has a dozen or more stalks with the
beautiful siivery gray fibers separated into
threads any one of which Is almost, or
quite, strong enough to use as ordinary
sewing thread. The plant is perennial,
and when once it takes root becomes as
firmly attached to the soil as Bermuda
grass. Mr.. Burden is enthusiastic over
his new discovery. He says it viii, with
out other labor than the most intermittent
attention, yield from $3.50 to $3.50 per
acre. 1t will soon be one of the main
agricultural industries of Florida-grows
on the sandiest and cheapest barrens, thus
utilizing soil which has heretofore been
held as almost worthless. 1t will take the
place of hemp and dethrone king cotton
in very great part Two years ago he
found the plants in Sanford and now has
a good supply of shoots. 1t grows spon-
taneously without care or fertihzing. A
cord made of the fibers twisted to the size
of an ordinary lead pencil VIII sustain
1900 pounds suspended for any length OF
time.
Every one who has seen and handled
the beautiful specimens becomes enthused
over its possibilities and predicts that
oranges will not long be our main pro-
duct. We advise our readers TO hunt uI
Mr.. Burden, examine the fibers and heaI
him discuss the merits of the new product
1t will not be many years before we
shall see gentlemen dressed in full suits
made of strong and elegant cloth wover
of Florida's own native plant, and ther
she viii be in all respects more inde
pendent of the outside world than any
other of the states of the Union.-Jack
sonville News Herald.